#ECB657#ECB657

#ECB657 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.128 H 79.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECB657
RGB	rgb(236, 182, 87)
HSL	hsl(38, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(38, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.27, 9.63, 54.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.27, 55.55, 80.01°)
OKLab	oklab(80.76% 0.0237 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(80.76% 0.128 79.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.0433, 51.9805, 16.2544)
Luminance	0.5198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECB657 #578DEC

analogous

#EC6B57 #ECB657 #D7EC57

triadic

#ECB657 #57ECB6 #B657EC

tetradic

#ECB657 #57EC6B #578DEC #EC57D7

square

#ECB657 #57EC6B #578DEC #EC57D7

split-complementary

#ECB657 #57D7EC #6B57EC

monochromatic

#B47A14 #E69E20 #ECB657 #F2CE8E #F8E6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#ECB657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#ECB657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECB657

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECB657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECB657	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB74D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA6A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecb657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 182, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.128 79.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6cb8a',
    500: '#ecb657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecb657;
$custom-light: #f6cb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecb657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.255,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80761,
    "c": 0.12801,
    "h": 79.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECB657

secondary

#3362B4

accent

#56DC0A

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECB657

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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